S. Navy, has partnered with Gecko Robotics to deploy advanced manufacturing technologies that expand production of the fleet’s essential components. Across 20 fabrication facilities responsible for mission-critical parts to fully integrated shipboard systems, AI and robotics will increase throughput by at least 40% in support of the Navy’s growing shipbuilding and sustainment demands.
S. Navy and Department of Defense. By deploying Gecko’s engineering teams, robotics platforms, and AI-powered software, Cantilever¹, directly onto Trident factory floors, the partnership will identify hidden bottlenecks and implement both hardware and software interventions designed for high-mix manufacturing.
The application of data-driven analysis and robotic systems to high-mix manufacturing represents a significant advancement for an industry expanding output across multiple fabrication and integration sites. These capabilities are particularly impactful as shipbuilding increasingly relies on distributed execution to balance capacity, workforce availability, and schedule performance. Gecko’s partnership with Trident will rigorously assess each component and build a digital thread that will improve the manufacturing process, ensuring our men and women get the ships and systems they need.
As shipbuilding demand accelerates, the real challenge isn’t just adding capacity but unlocking productivity across the existing supplier network. To change the way we build ships it demands we look at our processes, systems, and capabilities differently and take advantage of new technology. We must utilize these advances to deliver more production out of the existing facilities and personnel we have today across the entire industrial base.